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Patented Feb. 6, |900.

A WEED SIGHT FDR FIREARHS.

(Application led Apr. 23, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIcE.

ALFRED WEED, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

SIGHT FOR FIREARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,858, dated February 6, 1900.

Application filed April 23, 1898. SerialNo. 678,606. (No model.)

To all whom it may conccvt:

Be it known that I, ALFRED VEED, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peep-Sights for Rifles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to peep-sights for firearms, and has for its object to improve and simplify their construction; and to this end the invention consists in a peep-sight embodying the features of construction and arrangement of parts having t-he mode of operation substantially as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of aportion of a rifle with my improved sight applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view showing a slight modification in the arrangement of the sight. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of the sight, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan view.

Ihile the general principles of my invention may be embodied in dierent structures adapting my invention to different uses and to different firearms, I have shown in the accompanying drawings one preferred embodiment which is sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to understand the invention and which I will now specifically describe, although the invention is not limited to the precise construction and arrangement shown. It is unnecessary to set forth the advantages of the use of this class of peep-sights, which are adapted to be mounted upon the breech portion of the firearm, where it is not liable to injury or to injure the person and does not interfere with the ordinary use of the arm, and to which breech it can be applied either when it. is constructed or subsequently thereto without serious difficulty.

In Fig. l I have shown a conventional form of firearm in which the breech portion A is provided with an ordinary sight A, and my improved peep-sight is adapted to be used as an addition to the latter and can be adjusted so as not to interfere therewith and so that it can be used fer different purposes and for different ranges or conditions of firing,

My improved sight comprises a plate B, which is adapted to be arranged horizontally with relation to the firearm and is pivotally supported at its center B upon a suitable support C. The shape of the plate B may vary according to circumstances; but the form indicated in Fig. 4 is a desirable one in that itembodies a small amount of metal and is yet sufficiently strong and well adapted for the purpose intended. Mounted on the plate B are a number of sight-pieces l) ZJ' b2, projecting vertically from the upper face thereof and shown arranged at a distance of ninety degrees from each other, one portion or arm of the plate, as B2, being left blank. This pivoted plate, with its sight-pieces, constitutes what may be termed a turret-sight in that it is adapted to be rotated horizontally to bring the different sight pieces or beads into the sight-line of the firearm. The sight pieces or beads may be of any desirable shape or configuration, h being shown as a crotch-sight and Z9' as a peep-hole, while b2 is a larger peep-hole or ring-shaped sight, and the particular form or design of these sightpieces will vary according to the purposes for which they are intended. Vthile I have shown three sight-pieces symmetrically arranged upon the plate and deem this the preferable number, I am not limited to this precise number and arrangement, the essential feature being that the sight-pieces shall be symmetrically arranged on the upper side of the plate, so that they can be successively brought into the sight-line and used without interference with each other.

The turret sight or plate just described is adjustably mounted, so that it can be raised or lowered with respect to the breech of the firearm, and while various means maybe used to-accomplish this result I have shown a simple construction which is substantially that shown in my prior patent, No. 600,104, and comprises a vertical portion C, adapted to slide in a recess or guide on the side of the breech, and a horizontal portion C2, to which the plate B is pivoted. This support can fit a recess in the breech, as shown in Fig. l, where it is adjustable, and may be secured, as by a screw c, or where the sight is to be applied to arms already constructed it may lit the guide D, comprising a plate having inwardly-bent flanges d, adapted to be secured IOO to the side of the breech and to permit the j vertical adjustment of the support in a manner Well understood.

Some means is preferably provided to hold the turret-sight in the position in Which it is placed, and this may be the clamping-screw of the pivot B, or, preferably, there may be a spring E, engaging notches e on the plate.

In the embodiment shown it will be seen that the plate B is Without a sight-piece at one of its sides, so that when the sight is in the position shown in Fig. 1 the ordinary sight A of the rifle can be used Without interference from my improved sight; but it is evident that the sight A may be dispensed with and another sight-piece attached to the plate B to be used in the normal position of the sight, and the plate can be rotated to bring any other of the sight-pieces into the sightline, as Well as adj usted vertically to any desired degree, and there may be an indicator or scale c arranged on the support C.

It Will thus be seen that myimproved sight is exceedingly simple in construction, that it can be readily adapted to various iirearms, and can be quickly and easily adjusted ,to different heights, as Well as to provide dilferent beads or sights for use at the desired time.

The sight illustrated and described, While useful for any kind of ride-shooting, is especially adapted for shooting game.

I am aware that heretofore it has been proposed to provide firearms With plates having a plurality of si ight-openings and arranged to rotate in a vertical plane to bring the desired sight-openingintoposition. Suchsight-plates would not,however,be of any use forahuntingsight, for the plates Would obstruct a view of the game to be shot at,and therefore make such asightutterly useless. Bymountingthesight to turn on a vertical axis the view of the game Will practically be unobstructed, and as it is essential that the game be viewed not only through the peep-opening, but be also disv cernible from the side of the sight, the ad- 3. Apeep-sight for firearms comprising av horizontally-rotatable plate having a series of sight-pieces arranged thereon and adapted to be successively brought into the sight-line, an adjustable support forthe plate, and means for holding the plate in position on the support, substantially as described.

4. A peep-sight for rearms comprising a horizontally-rotatable plate, a series of sightpieces symmetrically arranged thereon and adapted to be brought successively into the sight-line, a vertically-adjustable support for the plate, and means for securing the plate in relation to the support, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALFRED WEED.

Witnesses:

J. W. MoNEvIN, W. R. WERKING. 

